Bristol TV Ratings: ESPN’s live telecast of the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, March 17, earned a 1.7 household coverage rating, averaging 2,390,017 viewers, according to the Nielsen Company. Last year’s race, which also aired on ESPN, earned the same rating but had 3 percent fewer viewers. So far this season across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, ratings for the Nationwide Series are up 5 percent from this point last year.(ESPN)(3-20-2012)
